Unfortunately, ghostwriters aren't actually ghostwriting in the shadows and scaring people. They also don't write ghost stories — or at least, most of them don't. 

Most ghostwriters don't really use the phrase boo in their daily lives. 

Now that we have all of that out of the way, we can get into the reality of what a ghostwriter really is and what they generally do. 

media update's Alrika Möller is shining a light on the writers in the shadows: 

 

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**Sources used include elna cain and Gotham Ghostwriters